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General science course of study for Lincoln High School
(1958-08)
Scope and Method of Study: A survey of general science course content was made based upon several school curriculum guides and courses of study. The topics covered in both eighth and tenth grade levels of science were ...
Soil-cement base course
(1957-05)
Scope of Study: Soil-cement was first used in road construction in the U.S.A. in 1935 and since then has been used on an increasing scale. The ways in which soil-cement may be used successfully is treated in this study. ...
Use of mathematics clubs in high schools
(1958-08)
Scope and Method of Study: The creation and maintenance of interest in the subject is one of the major problems confronting high school mathematics teachers. It is the purpose of this report to explain how a mathematics ...
Suggested outline of mathematical concepts for seventh and eighth grades
(1959-08)
Scope of Report: This report is an outline of units that can be used for teaching seventh and eighth grade mathematics based on material prepared by the School Mathematics Study Groups for Junior High School at Yale and ...
Series of demonstrations suitable for a science program
(1958-05)
Scope of Study: Over the past decade it has become increasingly apparent that the United States needs to increase the number of engineers and scientists graduating each year. Investigation of the causes for high school ...
Study of Cosmic Rays
(Oklahoma State University, 1959-05-01)
Studying cosmic rays may lead to the discovery of energies that could dwarf the energies now obtained from nuclear reactions. The physics of highenergy particles is still, to a great extent, cosmic ray physics. The nuclear ...
On teaching less biology better in the secondary school
(1957-05)
Scope of Study: The general biology course in the secondary schools can be both interesting and practical. The writer has observed that many teachers of general biology do not know what they are trying to accomplish. ...
Syllabus for "Basics for Advanced Mathematics"
(1958-08)
Scope and Method of Study: Investigations of arithmetic textbooks were conducted to determine what the authors considered important and essential to a good arithmetic course. An effort was made to discover correlations ...
How can audio-visual aids be used to advantage in the teaching of plane geometry
(1957-05)
Scope of Study: Audio-visual materials have long been accepted as a valuable teaching aid in many subject areas. Teachers of plane geometry, however, have not made proper use of the potential that lay in this medium. This ...